Village Experience and Zambian History

-Museum: The museum collection is preserved in storage rooms, while other heritage objects are displayed in two galleries on the ground and upper floors of the museum building. The lower gallery is home to contemporary art, highlighting the way of life of the Zambian people through paintings, sculptures and models. The upper gallery tells a glowing story of Zambia's development, from ancient through historic past to contemporary way of life. The children's corner is yet another display attraction on the upper floor. -culture village is a historical craft market with houses designed in a traditional African Village setup. The Village has a number of thatched huts from where the traders sell their hand made souvenirs and crafts. The huts or 'rondavels' were built in the 1930's and 1940's by the colonial government for housing for single male laborers. These thatched one-roomed rondavelles are remnants of a total of 500 round houses built in the late 1930s and early 1940s. The roundavels represents the colonial